Star kids - reaching out : improving the life chances of vulnerable children

Abstract

This was the first project the Faculty embarked on once I was elected Dean. The challenges that children, who not out of their own choice had to face, because life dealt them a bad hand, has always been at the centre of our work at the Faculty. Most of our scholarship, professional training and social engagement, at the end of the day lead to ensuring that this segment of our population live a much-deserved quality of life. This project is another loop in addressing this matter and how using technology could fill in the gaps that children experience in their life as they ended up in vulnerable situations. This study emphasises the potential that technology has in levelling out the disadvantages. We hope that as a Faculty this project can move on to the next level and provide a much needed training programme to make sure that the changes that have been localised in our study can have practical application. The team who have worked in this project, academics, administrators and researchers have provide us with an immensely important tool that will serve to help these children.